gpu 96 degrees, is it broken?

[theinfamoustoast]

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gpu: gtx 960 geforce edition

i was recently playin rainbow six siege and i bymistake on msi afterburner put the fan speed on the lowest possible. I found out my gpu was getting very hot when i looked and the temp and it was at 96 degrees. so i quickly shut down rainbow and blasted the fan speed up to cool it down. i checked online and the max temp this gpu can face is 98 degrees and mine was at 96. a company is doing an rma on the gpu over a rattling sound in the fan but im worried that they will void the warranty as it may be damaged by heating.

 

[Chugalug_]

It won't void your warranty, that is perfectly valid as long as you didn't flash the BIOS or overclock.
I suggest keeping your fan curve on auto, typically offers a very good fan curve on MSI, EVGA and Asus cards.

 

[muddyparrot]

Your gpu would have throttled itself and eventually the pc would have shut down before any real damage was done, brief high temps wont do much damage if any, its when they are sustained that wear starts to show

 

[Chugalug_]

Your gpu would have throttled itself and eventually the pc would have shut down before any real damage was done, brief high temps wont do much damage if any, its when they are sustained that wear starts to show

Not necessarily.
A GPU can run perfectly fine until it hits its max temperature, meaning that potentially the card could have been running at 96 degrees for say two hours or longer without OP noticing it, which would have caused a decent amount of stress on the GPU, potentially damaging it due to exposure to high temperatures, even if not for extended periods of time.
Typically over 80c is when the silicon chip starts to struggle.

 

[RobCrezz]

Itll be fine, they wont have any way of telling it got that hot, unless you tell them.

 

[theinfamoustoast]

it was overclocked btw and i do have the temp protection thing enabled where it will shut down the pc if it gets too hot, sorry i was just getting a little bit scared as i am sending it to zoostorm to rma it tommorow, thx guys appreciate it, wish i could pick all of you as a solution 😉